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HiBC · June 13, 2018, 08:38 AM

A shotgun will not fill a room with a cloud of shot. At 10 yds,#4 or 00 buck pattern will fit on a man's chest easily.

The 22 shot cartridge is #12 shot,about like coarse ground pepper. Fired through the rifled barrel of a pistol,it will scatter quite a bit,but whoever gave you that demo was misleading you.

Shotguns were issued and used in WW1,WW2,probably Korea,and Viet Nam before the contemporary wars.I recall pics of shotguns being used to smoke dope in VN.

If you use a shotgun to breech a door I would suggest if there is an enemy with an AK-47 on the other side of the door what are you going to do?Put your shotgun down and whip out your M-9? Stay alive

June 13, 2018, 08:38 AM	#9
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,283	A shotgun will not fill a room with a cloud of shot. At 10 yds,#4 or 00 buck pattern will fit on a man's chest easily. The 22 shot cartridge is #12 shot,about like coarse ground pepper. Fired through the rifled barrel of a pistol,it will scatter quite a bit,but whoever gave you that demo was misleading you. Shotguns were issued and used in WW1,WW2,probably Korea,and Viet Nam before the contemporary wars.I recall pics of shotguns being used to smoke dope in VN. If you use a shotgun to breech a door I would suggest if there is an enemy with an AK-47 on the other side of the door what are you going to do?Put your shotgun down and whip out your M-9? Stay alive